HB 1321

Abstract

Admission to bail; rebuttable presumptions.Creates a rebuttable presumption against releasing a person on hisown recognizance or an unsecured bond in certain circumstances detailedin the bill. The bill provides that such presumption may be rebuttedif the judicial officer finds, by clear and convincing evidence,that such person is not a flight risk and his liberty will not constitutean unreasonable danger to himself, family or household members, orthe public. The bill also provides for an appeal, upon notice by the Commonwealth, of a district court's decision to release a personon his own recognizance or an unsecured bond over the presumption.